U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 22, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,274,000 broilers, a 3-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-percent increase in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in the United States. USDA’s latest Broiler Hatchery report can be viewed here.
| U.S. Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broiler Slaughter Report | ||||||||||
| Week ending | Eggs set | Chicks placed | Eggs set | Chicks placed | Broilers slaughtered | |||||
| change from | change from | 10 weeks previous | 7 weeks previous | |||||||
| 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | ||||||
| – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | |
| May | ||||||||||
| 11 | 244,203 | 101 | 190,194 | 102 | 244,264 | 101 | 188,232 | 100 | 164,066 | 99 |
| 18 | 246,214 | 101 | 189,592 | 101 | 244,472 | 101 | 187,837 | 100 | 164,831 | 97 |
| 25* | 246,118 | 101 | 189,610 | 101 | 246,437 | 103 | 190,196 | 102 | 168,247 | 98 |
| Jun | ||||||||||
| 1 | 244,893 | 100 | 188,705 | 100 | 246,220 | 102 | 189,855 | 102 | 149,224 | 98 |
| 8 | 245,301 | 100 | 190,279 | 100 | 245,697 | 102 | 189,758 | 101 | 166,414 | 100 |
| 15** | 245,558 | 101 | 190,301 | 100 | 245,384 | 102 | 189,635 | 102 | 165,028 | 99 |
| 22 | — | — | — | — | 247,098 | 102 | 190,451 | 102 | 168,274 | 97 |
*Memorial Day Holiday Weekend
**Father’s Day Weekend
